Katia Cosentino

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Katia Cosentino is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Katia Cosentino has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biophysics and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Katia Cosentino's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers). Katia Cosentino is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers). Katia Cosentino collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. Katia Cosentino's co-authors include Ana J. García‐Sáez, Peter Walde, Pasquale Stano, Joseph D. Unsay, Yamunadevi Subburaj, Jonas Ries, Markus Mund, Ulrich Schraermeyer, Johann Engelhardt and Jale Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Katia Cosentino

31 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Giant Vesicles: Preparations and Applications

2010 589 citations Peter Walde, Katia Cosentino et al. ChemBioChem profile →
The interplay between BAX and BAK tunes apoptotic pore growth to control mitochondrial-DNA-mediated inflammation

2022 165 citations Katia Cosentino, Andreas Jenner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katia Cosentino Germany	17	1.5k	293	198	158	155	34	2.0k
Tao Yuan China	28	1.6k 1.1×	175 0.6×	126 0.6×	199 1.3×	115 0.7×	69	2.7k
Huimin Chen China	26	2.0k 1.3×	212 0.7×	211 1.1×	95 0.6×	36 0.2×	124	2.8k
Martin B. Ulmschneider United Kingdom	27	2.6k 1.7×	279 1.0×	114 0.6×	162 1.0×	252 1.6×	73	3.2k
Milka Doktorova United States	19	1.7k 1.2×	400 1.4×	86 0.4×	225 1.4×	128 0.8×	49	2.0k
Emilia L. Wu United States	17	2.0k 1.4×	176 0.6×	184 0.9×	135 0.9×	59 0.4×	26	2.7k
Christian Le Grimellec France	32	1.8k 1.2×	367 1.3×	96 0.5×	280 1.8×	101 0.7×	74	2.5k
José Luis R. Arrondo Spain	22	1.8k 1.2×	164 0.6×	102 0.5×	216 1.4×	184 1.2×	44	2.7k
Olaf Zschörnig Germany	23	1.5k 1.0×	170 0.6×	135 0.7×	135 0.9×	134 0.9×	53	2.0k
Carla Schmidt Germany	35	2.7k 1.8×	326 1.1×	308 1.6×	375 2.4×	152 1.0×	105	3.9k
Elin K. Esbjörner Sweden	31	2.0k 1.3×	260 0.9×	180 0.9×	139 0.9×	290 1.9×	63	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katia Cosentino

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All Works

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Arama, Eli, Katia Cosentino, Peter E. Czabotar, et al.. (2025). Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(10). 1854–1858.

Margheritis, Eleonora, et al.. (2025). Gasdermins: multifunctional effectors of membrane permeabilization across cellular compartments. FEBS Journal. 292(22). 5899–5920.

Cosentino, Katia, et al.. (2025). VDAC2 enforces a mitochondrial checkpoint to cancer immunity. Nature Immunology. 26(6). 808–809.

Kumari, P. Hima, Chengliang Wang, Eleonora Margheritis, et al.. (2024). Transplantation of gasdermin pores by extracellular vesicles propagates pyroptosis to bystander cells. Cell. 188(2). 280–291.e17. 39 indexed citations

Barisch, Caroline, Joost C. M. Holthuis, & Katia Cosentino. (2023). Membrane damage and repair: a thin line between life and death. Biological Chemistry. 404(5). 467–490. 24 indexed citations

Danial, John S. H., Andreas Jenner, Ana J. García‐Sáez, & Katia Cosentino. (2023). Real-Time Growth Kinetics Analysis of Macromolecular Assemblies in Cells with Single Molecule Resolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127(15). 3490–3496. 1 indexed citations

Margheritis, Eleonora, et al.. (2023). Pore-Forming Proteins: From Pore Assembly to Structure by Quantitative Single-Molecule Imaging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4528–4528. 8 indexed citations

Danial, John S. H., Yuri Quintana, Uris Ros, et al.. (2022). Systematic Assessment of the Accuracy of Subunit Counting in Biomolecular Complexes Using Automated Single-Molecule Brightness Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(3). 822–829. 7 indexed citations

Voskoboynikova, Natalia, Philipp S. Orekhov, Marine E. Bozdaganyan, et al.. (2021). Lipid Dynamics in Diisobutylene-Maleic Acid (DIBMA) Lipid Particles in Presence of Sensory Rhodopsin II. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(5). 2548–2548. 12 indexed citations

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Voskoboynikova, Natalia, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of DIBMA nanoparticles of variable size and anionic lipid content as tools for the structural and functional study of membrane proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1863(6). 183588–183588. 7 indexed citations

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Dimou, Eleni, Katia Cosentino, Evgenia Platonova, et al.. (2018). Single event visualization of unconventional secretion of FGF2. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(2). 683–699. 31 indexed citations

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Cosentino, Katia, Amerigo Beneduci, G. Chidichimo, et al.. (2018). Thermal structural evolutions of DMPC-water biomimetic systems investigated by Raman Spectroscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1860(6). 1253–1258. 13 indexed citations

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Flores‐Romero, Hector, Olatz Landeta, Begoña Ugarte‐Uribe, et al.. (2018). BFL1 modulates apoptosis at the membrane level through a bifunctional and multimodal mechanism showing key differences with BCLXL. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(10). 1880–1894. 18 indexed citations

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Mund, Markus, Katia Cosentino, Jale Schneider, et al.. (2016). Bax assembly into rings and arcs in apoptotic mitochondria is linked to membrane pores. The EMBO Journal. 35(4). 389–401. 232 indexed citations

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Unsay, Joseph D., et al.. (2016). Pro-apoptotic cBid and Bax exhibit distinct membrane remodeling activities: An AFM study. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1859(1). 17–27. 17 indexed citations

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Cosentino, Katia & Ana J. García‐Sáez. (2016). Bax and Bak Pores: Are We Closing the Circle?. Trends in Cell Biology. 27(4). 266–275. 151 indexed citations

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Cosentino, Katia, Uris Ros, & Ana J. García-Sáez. (2015). Assembling the puzzle: Oligomerization of α-pore forming proteins in membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1858(3). 457–466. 61 indexed citations

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Unsay, Joseph D., Katia Cosentino, & Ana J. García‐Sáez. (2015). Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging and Force Spectroscopy of Supported Lipid Bilayers. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e52867–e52867. 25 indexed citations

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Cosentino, Katia & Ana J. García‐Sáez. (2014). Mitochondrial alterations in apoptosis. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 181. 62–75. 156 indexed citations

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Walde, Peter, et al.. (2010). Giant Vesicles: Preparations and Applications. ChemBioChem. 11(7). 848–865. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

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